REGION ATTIKI
Prefecture ATTIKI
ECOLOGICAL
INFORMATION CENTER
Date of Initial
Completion: 2/10/1996 1st Update: 1/12/1997 2nd Update (CHAP.I):
10/12/1999
Date of Last Update: 9/4/2001
e_mail: voleco@hotmail.com, eea-gr@yahoo.com
I. Identity of
Organisation
Address
ATHENS Postal
Code 106 82 Street: 27, SOLOMOU STR.
(3rd floor)
Tel. 210-3841264, 210-3802773 Fax
210-3301686, 210-6133019
Contact Persons: SPIROS PSIHAS Tel.
210-8040697, 210-3802773
Legal Status
The Organisation
is Civic non Profit Organisation since 1985
Aims
Promoting
environmental education / disseminating environmental and human friendly
products and services
leading the Greek market into
ecological solutions and technologies
Members and
Friends
With voting
right: 10
Material Substructure
Office: Rented,
Operating days: Monday and Wednesday,
Operating hours: 18.00-22.00
The organisation has access to
personal computer and it is mainly uses it for Typing documents
There are databases in Paper its
morph and structure is Thematological and partly chronological
Activities Hall: 20-30 individuals
Performance material: Video tapes,
series of slides
For the organisation are offering
voluntary work: 4 persons.
Administrative
board
Psichas Spiros Administrator
Georgopoulos
Alexandros Replacement Administrator / Responsible for Environmental
Education
Kalokasis Nikos Responsible for Educative Issues
II. Activities
General
Issue: Environmental protection
Issue-Topic: Campaign against nuclear
power
From: 1986 To: 1987 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Participation -
Organisation of various events following the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Issue-Topic: Campaign against the sitting and operation of an
aluminium plant
From: 1985 To: 1997 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Organisation of
various events - mobilisation -meetings.
Co-ordination of other environmental
NGOs.
Issue-Topic: Cleaning Beaches Day
The activity took
place in 1995 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Co-ordination of
organisations and schools in collaboration with an Italian organisation with
the view to clean
Publication of posters and
distribution of material to 500 agencies and schools.
General Issue: Information -
Sensitisation of the public
Issue-Topic: Books, exhibitions, data
banks e.t.c.
The activity took
place in 1997 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Supporting an
exhibition regarding birds at the Athens municipality cultural centre (11/97).
Issue-Topic: Cooperation with other NGOs.
From: 1984 To: 1997 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Provision of
support to regional organisation in relation to practical aid, distribution of
announcements and charges to
the press, exchange of information, leaflets.
Issue-Topic: Cooperation with other NGOs.
The activity took
place in 1997 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Representation of
the network at ASAOS (Supreme Council for Awarding the Ecological Logo).
Issue-Topic: Environmental education
The activity took
place in 1997 Range: International
Activities
- Results:
Participation in
the European Community programme with France and Belgium with the purpose of
training
environmental educators on
environmental evaluation and action analysis issues and forming an
environmental
education network amongst the
participants (5/97).
Issue-Topic: Filling environment-related material
From: 1984 To: 1997 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Preservation of
300 files with informational material.
Indexing newspapers and journals
published during the last 12 years.
Issue-Topic: Provision of informational material
From: 1993 To: 1997 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Briefing students
- pupils- journalists- environmental NGOs in relation to environmental issues.
General Issue: Refuse management
Issue-Topic: Campaign against the
throwaway packaging material
From: 1994 To: 1996 Range: National
Activities
- Results:
Publication of a
material-posters-leaflets and their distribution all over Greece.
Giving press conferences and
selective article writing in relation to the same issue.
Co-operation with other environmental
NGOs in relation to the same issue.
Organisation of a mobile exhibition
regarding disposable packaging.
Issue-Topic:
Campaign against the use of disposable packaging material
The activity took
place in 1997 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
The continuation
of the last year's campaign is entitled 'garbage-mania should stop' and
included a music concert
against the marketing strategy of
PEPSI and COCA COLA companies. Award of 'garbage-mania; prizes to two
Publication of a
special leaflet regarding the industry sector and its distribution at the
Sectoral Packaging Exhibition in
OLP
(2/97)
Installation of
an exhibition with 1000 disposable packaging, recycling and non-recycling
material at a school. The
exhibition is free to the public and
environmental education classes are provided.
Future Plans
General Issue: Information -
sensitization of the public
Issue - Topic: Environmental
education
The action has
been programmed for the year 1998 Range International
Future
Activities:
A Home page will
operate for exchanging experiences on environmental education and for taking
courses on
environmental education in the frame
of their participation in a community programme together with France and
Belgium
Issue - Topic:
Collaboration with other environmental organizations
The action has
been programmed for the year 1998 Range National
Future
Activities:
Participating in
the exchanging information attempt of the environmental organizations.
Supporting the activities of the
Hellenic Network of environmental
organizations
General
Issue: Waste management
Issue - Topic: Campaign for one use
packages
The action has
been programmed for the year 1998 Range Local
Future
Activities:
Placing
volunteers in the exhibition at Maraslio and publishing material and handbook
about one-use packages for
students and educators respectively.
Continuing the campaign by the title “ Garbage mania ending”
III. Source of
Information
Source of information: Press- Journalists
Subject: Ecolocical Issues -
Environmental Education
Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1984-7/1996 On a regular basis. Ours Perfect
Source of information:
Printed Material of Environmental Organizations
Subject: Denunciations
Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1984-7/1996 On a monthly basis Theirs High
Source of information:
Environmental Organizations
Subject: Denunciations
Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1984-7/1996 Whenever needed Theirs Moderate
Source of information:
Private Individuals
Subject: Denunciations
Time period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1984-7/1996 Occasionally Theirs Low
Future
plans
Creation of a documentation center,
better classification of materials, collaboration with universities for
educational
purposes based on existing material.
IV. Relations with
the Press
Title:
AVGI
Subject:
Campaign for renewable packaging/ Ecological protection of Vrachonisida-Imia/
collaboration with Turkish
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 7/1995-9/1996 4 times Ours Perfect
Title:
ELEYTHEROTIPIA
Subject:
Campaign for renewable packaging/ recycling/ collaboration with Turkish
ecologists
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 7/1995-9/1996 3 times Ours High
Title:
KATHIMERINI
Subject:
Campaign for renewable packaging
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 7/1995-9/1996 once Ours High
Title:
ADESMEYTOS TIPOS
Subject:
Campaign for renewable packaging
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 7/1995-9/1996 once Ours High
Title:
OIKONOMIKOS TACHIDROMOS
Subject:
Campaign for renewable packaging
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Magazine National 2/1996-9/1996 once Ours Perfect
Title: THE
ATHENIAN
Subject:
List of ecological NGOs
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Magazine National 4/1995-9/1996 once Ours High
Title:
EPOCHI
Subject:
Ecological protection of Vrachonisida-Imia/ Initiative for wastes/ recycling
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 2/1996-9/1996 3 times Ours Perfect
Title:
ELEYTHEROS TIPOS
Subject:
Ecological protection of Vrachonisida-Imia-Collaboration with the Turkish
ecologists
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 2/1996-9/1996 once Ours Very Low
Title: ÔÁ ÍÅÁ
Subject:
Ecological protection of Vrachonisida-Imia- collaboration with Turkish
ecologists
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 2/1996-9/1996 once Theirs Very Low
Title:
ETHNOS
Subject:
Ecological protection of Vrachonisida-Imia- collaboration with Turkish
ecologists
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 2/1996-9/1996 once Ours Low
Title:
ALPHA
Subject:
Ecological protection of Vrachonisida-Imia- collaboration with Turkish
ecologists
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 2/1996-9/1996 once Ours High
Title:
AZIMOYTHIO
Subject:
Managing of wastes- consumerism
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Magazine National 7/1996-9/1996 once Common Perfect
Title:
THESSALONIKI
Subject:
Hazardousness of ammonia reserves SING in Thessaloniki
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper National 2/1985-9/1996 once Theirs Perfect
Title: TO
RODI
Subject:
Publication of posters about one-use products
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Magazine National 1/1995-9/1996 once Ours High
V. Relations with
Mass Media
Title: SKY 100.4 FM
Subject: Complaints from Turkish
ecologists/ social position in forest-reforestation/ one-use packaging/
Protection
of Mediterannean beaches
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio National 5/1995-9/1996 4 times Common High
For what concerns the turkish complaints, they
later contradicted themselves, Degree of satisfaction :None
Title: ATHINA 98,4 FM
Subject: one-use packaging/
Protection of the environment
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio National 5/1995-9/1996 2 times Common High
VI. Relations with others ENGO
Name: Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki
Subject: Exchange of
information,publications,records,one-use packaging-protection of Mediterranean
coasts-store
house of Ammonia in Thessaloniki
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1984-9/1996 Common High
Name: Ecological Movement of Volos
Subject: Exchange of
information-assertions
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1986-9/1996 Theirs High
Name: International Environmental
NGO's Network
Subject: Creating records-programmes
in common
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1995-9/1996 Common High
Name: Society for the Protection of Nature
Subject: Distributing materials the one-use packaging campaigns in Greece
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
Yes 1/1995-9/1996 Ours High
Name: Association of friends of the mountain and sea
Subject: Day of action for
Mediterranean- publishing a catalogue of NGO's-wastes
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
Yes 1/1994-9/1996 Common High
Name: Seven-member Secretariat of Pan-Hellenic Environmental NGO's
Network
Subject: "Day of the Earth"
events- providing offices for use by the Secretariat
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
4/1996-9/1996 Ours High
Name: A Seed (Holland)
Subject: Campaign for the
climate-programmes in common for health,women,environment
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1995-9/1996 Theirs High
Name: Akdeniz (Turkey)
Subject: Exchange of information
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1990-9/1996 Common High
Name: Lega per Lambiente (Italy)
Subject: Day of Action for the
Mediterranean
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1995-9/1996 Theirs High
Name: Evonymos Ecological Library
Subject: Exchange of material-records
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
Yes 1/1995-9/1996 Common High
VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies
Name: Panteion University
Subject: Research for the NGO's about
environment in Greece /filling the material about environment in
collaboration with the students
Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1996-9/1996 Common High
Name:
Department of Primary school, University of Athens
Subject: Filling the material about
environment in collaboration with the students
Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1996-9/1996 Ours
Name: General secretariat for New Generation-Department of Ecology
Subject: Information
exchange-record-participation in conferences, mobil exhibition of packing
Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1994-9/1996 Ours Low
VIII. Printed
material of the ENGO